India records 32,080 new coronavirus cases

Published On: December 9, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Dec 9: India reported 32,080 new cases of the coronavirus, taking its total to 9.74 million, data from the federal health ministry showed on Wednesday.

Kohli rules Pandya out as specialist batsman for Australia tests

Published On: December 9, 2020 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters

MELBOURNE, Dec 9: All-rounder Hardik Pandya will not be considered for India’s test series against Australia starting next week despite starring with the bat in the white-ball series, captain Virat Kohli said.

MUMBAI, Dec 9: India may approve some coronavirus vaccines over the next few weeks and an estimated 300 million people would be innoculated in the first tranche, the country’s top health official said on Tuesday.

LONDON, Dec 8: Britain began the mass-vaccination of its population against COVID-19 on Tuesday, becoming the first Western nation to do so in a global endeavour that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 8: Stephen Curry wants to play until he’s 40, perhaps even beyond. And he wants it to be with the Golden State Warriors the entire way.

TOKYO, Dec 8: A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from space by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft and landed in the Australian Outback arrived Tuesday in Japan for research into the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.

LONDON, Dec 8: Britain will start rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday, the first Western country to start vaccinating its general population in what was hailed as a decisive watershed in defeating the coronavirus.

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, Dec 7: India is accelerating its review of coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca for emergency use, a senior government official said on Monday, as the world’s second-most affected country struggles to contain the outbreak.

MOSCOW, Dec 7: Russia has granted approval for clinical trials to be held for the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-Ncov involving 8,000 volunteers, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

Venezuela’s Maduro claims sweep of boycotted election

Published On: December 7, 2020 03:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec 7: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Monday in congressional elections boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and widely criticized internationally as being fraudulent.